Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Rodneyse Bichotte

The proposed design for the Apolline's Garden plaza, which DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez (inset) says he will make a reality.

‘Apolline’s Garden’ is a Go, DOT Commissioner Says

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 22, 2022 | No Comments

Ydanis Rodriguez confirmed that a Brooklyn roadway where a 3-month-old girl was killed in her stroller by a reckless driver will be converted into a public plaza, pushing aside the parochial concerns of car owners who will no longer be able to use curbside space to park six vehicles for free.

Here's the head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party fleeing a reporter by walking in the scrum of Flatbush Avenue. Photo: NY1

Thursday’s Headlines: Go Play in Traffic Edition

By Streetsblog | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments

You know the city is becoming unlivable when regular run-of-the-mill wags in the media start noticing how dismal the city is now. Meanwhile, an Assembly Member ran into traffic to avoid a reporter. Plus all the other news.

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte (right) told NY!'s Grace Rauh that she now supports congestion pricing.

All Aboard! Now Even Rodneyse Bichotte Says She Supports Congestion Pricing!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 27, 2019 | 6 Comments

The Assembly Member's change of heart provides a look at how congestion pricing moved from unlikely to very likely.

Assembly Member David Weprin had trouble sticking to his anti-congestion pricing talking points as congestion pricing and street safety advocates counter-protested his rally on Sunday. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Congestion Pricing Opponents Reveal They Are Completely Out of Ideas — And Easily Flustered, Too!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 24, 2019 | 60 Comments

Assembly Members David Weprin and Rodneyse Bichotte tried to rally opposition to Gov. Cuomo's toll plan, but ended up getting shouted down by scores of supporters of congestion pricing.

Congestion pricing supporter Senator Brian Benjamin rolls his eyes as his Assembly colleague Rodneyse Bichotte says she opposes the plan because it supposedly is a tax on working people (it's not). Photo: Mayor's office

If Congestion Pricing Fails, Remember These Insane Comments by Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 21, 2019 | 28 Comments

More wrongheadedness and fealty to the car-owning minority from a Brooklyn Assembly Member.